Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.(Gen. 2: 24)

May I leave my parents for “the gospel’s [sake]” and “receive … in the world to come eternal life.”(Mark 10: 29-30) May my departure honor them in every way (Ex. 20: 12), that we may both be blessed.

May I cleave to my wife as the Lord has cleaved to me (Jacob 6: 5) and as I wnat to cleave to Him: to love and obey (Deut. 30: 20), to walk after, to serve “with all [my] soul”(Josh. 22: 5), and to “come [to] with full purpose of heart”(Jacob 6: 5).

May our hearts be “comforted, being knit together in love”(Col. 2: 2), that the Lord may call our home “Zion”(Moses 7: 18).